Name: Snapshot Labs (represented by Nathan van der Heyden)

ENS: nathanvdh.eth

Tally | nathanvdh.eth

Areas of Interest

• Improving Governance participation
• Tooling, Improving protocol decentralization

Please share your stance on overall goals for the DAO:

The Arbitrum DAO is responsible for the long-term prosperity of this network and its community. As such, it must prioritize long-term incentivization of usage which implies the development of a rich ecosystem of public goods, original dapps, and a sort of Arbitrum culture that has already been fostered by Offchain Labs. The DAO needs to attract talent, users, and capital with a focus on long-term alignment. To achieve this, the creation of a predictable, reliable, and efficient governance system is very important - this is what we specialize in at Snapshot Labs and we’d love to bring over our expertise.

Please share your stance on issues that were raised previously, in other communities, as described below:

Sample Voting Issue 1:

• 1. How would you vote?: For
• 2. What amendments would you make to the proposal if any?: Add other data analytics service providers to the committees and encourage all to participate in the bounty program in their respective platforms.
• 3. How would you approach the tradeoff between centralization of authority and the ability to get things done? An imperfect committee is still better than no committees at all and governance is all about trial and error, figuring out what works in such a nascent industry requires some centralization at the beginning that gets ironed out through iterations.

Sample Voting Issue 2:

• 1. Full Reimbursement. Money lost in hacks is akin to debt to the users. Debt has seniority over equity. The reimbursement can be structured in a way that avoids crippling the protocol, but the goal in the mind of the founding team should be to make depositors whole.

Languages I speak and write: English, French, Spanish.

Disclosure of Conflict(s) of Interest: Snapshot Labs is an active delegate in other DAO governance, and has an interest to keep the Arbitrum DAO using its product. I believe it is a positive thing, as being an influent delegate will allow us to keep a closer eye on the DAO’s needs and change whatever is necessary to make for a smoother experience.